APPT Main Event Day 2 | 2023 APPT Manila

08-05-2023 18:25 UTC+8

Mascunana Catches Cheng Bluffing

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Joining the action on the 9♥5♥2♥Q♠ turn, Cher Whey Cheng checked and Manuel Mascunana bet 43,000 to earn a call from his opponent.

That led them to the 3♣ river on which Cheng checked once more. Mascunana bet 67,000 only to face the shove of Cheng and called eventually.

Cheng tabled the A♥10♦ for the nut flush blocker and Mascunana doubled with the 2♠2♣ for a set of deuces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Mascunana	660,000 527,000	527,000
Cher Whey Cheng	375,000 240,500	240,500

Tags: Manuel Mascunana Cher Whey Cheng

08-05-2023 18:21 UTC+8

Garcia Eliminated by Paitao

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jonald Garcia was all-in with the J♦J♥ and had a mountain to climb as Rasid Paitao tabled the K♥K♣.

Jester Intia tanked for a bit and folded, predicting an ace on the flop.

The board came A♦9♥5♠8♣5♣ and Garcia headed to the payout desk while other players at the table were trying to guess which ace Intia had folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jester Intia	400,000 290,000	290,000
Rasid Paitao	240,000 240,000	240,000
Jonald Garcia	Busted

Tags: Jester Intia Rasid Paitao

08-05-2023 18:13 UTC+8

Irimajiri Leads the Way For Now

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Two players had been eliminated on table seven and those happened to be Masafumi Saito and Dasreen Muhammad.

Hiroshi Irimajiri was responsible for one of the knockouts with A♠K♦ versus K♠Q♣ when the chips went in before the flop. The kicker played on the K♣J♥3♣J♠3♥ runout as the rich got richer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hiroshi Irimajiri	1,325,000 225,000	225,000

Masafumi Saito	Busted
Dasreen Muhammad	Busted

Tags: Dasreen Muhammad Hiroshi Irimajiri Masafumi Saito

08-05-2023 18:10 UTC+8

Sasahara Among the Leaders

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Chase Cokaliong had been among the early chip leaders in the opening stages but was last spotted with just 100,000 in chips, which he three-bet jammed out of the small blind. New big stack Riku Sasahara called in middle position.

Chase Cokaliong: Q♣3♦
Riku Sasahara: 4♦4♠

The board ran out A♣5♦2♠7♠K♥ and that spelled the end for Cokaliong.

Player	Chips	Progress
Riku Sasahara	1,200,000
Junya Kubo	950,000 450,000	450,000
Chase Cokaliong	Busted

Tags: Chase Cokaliong Riku Sasahara

08-05-2023 18:02 UTC+8

Recent Eliminations

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

All players below except for Sparrow Cheung and Nicolas Cardyn were eliminated prior to the break with the former two departing soon after the cards went back in the air.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sparrow Cheung	Busted
Nicolas Cardyn	Busted
Vincent Wong	Busted
Kyongrock Moon	Busted
Dasreen Muhammad	Busted
Masafumi Saito	Busted
Jungsup Yun	Busted
Jaeik Cho	Busted
Andrei Budykin	Busted
Kenzo Mendoza	Busted
Czar Ian Marcos	Busted
Mansour Khorramshahi	Busted
Darren Yu	Busted
Jingxiang Ong	Busted
Melchor Vasquez Jr	Busted
Masato Nishio	Busted
Peng Hou Tan	Busted
Chintana Blumenthal	Busted
Raymundo Gomez	Busted
Noel Llamedo	Busted
Michael Bueza	Busted
Ann Klein Chua	Busted
Jimmy Johan	Busted
Alejandro Rottier	Busted

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

08-05-2023 17:46 UTC+8

Second Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Only 125 players remain upon completion of the fourth level of the day and they have been sent on a scheduled ten-minute break.

Vincent Wong was among those to depart recently as he waited in payout line, recalling to have run with queens into kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Wong	Busted

Tags: Vincent Wong

08-05-2023 17:40 UTC+8

Kaminski Gets Lee to Fold

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

In a single-raised pot to the A♦5♥4♥ flop, Gyuhyuk Lee continued for 16,000. Table big stack Oleg Kaminski raised to 65,000 and Lee folded the K♠K♥ face up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Kaminski	775,000 45,000	45,000

Gyuhyuk Lee	270,000 116,500	116,500

Tags: Gyuhyuk Lee Oleg Kaminski

08-05-2023 17:31 UTC+8

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Riku Sasahara	1,200,000 1,020,500	1,020,500
Hiroshi Irimajiri	1,100,000 250,000	250,000

John Tech	650,000 220,000	220,000

Luan Haitao	600,000 520,000	520,000
Chase Cokaliong	600,000 150,000	150,000
Ngoc Anh Cao	600,000 452,500	452,500
Bonifacio Mondalo	550,000 290,000	290,000
Junya Kubo	500,000 319,000	319,000
Jinlong Hu	340,000 165,000	165,000

Florencio Campomanes	275,000 25,000	25,000

Archie Mariano	275,000 70,500	70,500
Marko Puskadija	250,000 216,000	216,000
Edwin Dela Cruz	175,000 105,000	105,000
Paul Pak	130,000 65,000	65,000
Sparrow Cheung	120,000 20,000	20,000